"Nova ScienceNow" Where Did We Come From? (2011)

Directors:

Michael Bicks
Mark Marabella
(more)

Writers:

Joshua Seftel (writer) (segment)
Mark Marabella (segment)
(more)

TV Series:

"Nova ScienceNow" (2005)

Original Air Date:

16 February 2011 (Season 5, Episode 5)

Genre:

Documentary

Plot:

Nova ScienceNow examines where we came from. It looks at the origin of the solar system and experiments to produce chemical precursors of life...

Plot Keywords:

Science

Cast

Alan Boss	...	Himself - Astrophysicist, Carnegie Institute of Washington
Chad Cohen	...	Himself - Correspondent
Richard J. Coppedge Jr.	...	Himself - The Culinary Institute of America
Steve Desch	...	Himself - Astrophysicist, Arizona State University
Andre Fenton	...	Himself - Neurobiologist
Ruben Garcia	...	Himself - Meteorite Hunter
Laurence Garvie	...	Himself - Geochemist, Arizona State University
Béatrice Gerland	...	Herself - University of Manchester
Jean-Jacques Hublin	...	Himself - Max Planck Institute
Matt Powner	...	Himself - University of Manchester
David Reed	...	Himself - Florida Museum of Natural History
Lisa Robinson	...	Herself - Andre's Wife
Todd Sacktor	...	Himself - Neurologist, SUNY Downstate
Mark Stoneking	...	Himself - Max Planck Institute
John Sutherland	...	Himself - University of Manchester
Jack Szostak	...	Himself - Massachusetts General Hospital
Ziya Tong	...	Herself - Correspondent
Neil deGrasse Tyson	...	Himself - Host
Meenakshi Wadhwa	...	Herself - Director, Meteorite Studies Center, Arizona State University (as Meenakshi 'Mini' Wadhwa)
Erik Wilson	...	Himself - GM, Labrador Mountain Ski Resort

Directed by
Michael Bicks		(segment "Lice and Human Evolution")
Mark Marabella		(segment "Origins of the Solar System")
Joshua Seftel		(segment "Profile: Andre Fenton")

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Michael Bicks		writer (segment "Lice and Human Evolution")
Julia Cort		writer (segment "Revealing the Origins of Life")
Mark Marabella		segment "Origins of the Solar System"
Joshua Seftel		writer (segment "Profile: Andre Fenton")
Jesse Sweet		segment "Profile: Andre Fenton" (uncredited)

Produced by
Paula Apsell	....	senior executive producer
Michael Bicks	....	producer (segment "Lice and Human Evolution")
Laurie Cahalane	....	coordinating producer
Patrick Carey	....	associate producer
Julia Cort	....	producer
Samuel Fine	....	executive producer
Joey David Jovanovich	....	supervising producer
Fran Laks	....	associate producer
Vincent Liota	....	producer (segment "Revealing the Origins of Life")
Vincent Liota	....	senior series producer
Mark Marabella	....	producer (segment "Origins of the Solar System")
Lisa Mirowitz	....	senior producer
Pamela Rosenstein	....	producer
Joshua Seftel	....	producer (segment "Profile: Andre Fenton")
Howard B. Swartz	....	executive producer
Jesse Sweet	....	producer (segment "Profile: Andre Fenton")
Stephen Sweigart	....	supervising producer
Melanie Wallace	....	senior series producer
Laura Willcox	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Rob Morsberger

Film Editing by
Julie Chabot		(segment "Origins of the Solar System")
Lauren Feinberg
George Kachadorian		(segment "Lice and Human Evolution")
Sonja Latimore
Vincent Liota		(segment "Revealing the Origins of Life")
Jonathan Soule		(segment "Profile: Andre Fenton")

Production Management
Nathan Gunner	....	post-production manager
Jonathan Loewald	....	production manager
Regina O'Toole	....	post-production supervisor
Joseph M. Schroeder	....	production manager

Art Department
Spencer Anderson	....	prop maker
Hanna Bonner	....	illustrator
Brian Edgerton	....	graphic designer
Jon Hayward	....	designer
Tyler Howe	....	senior designer
Cassandra Sell	....	designer

Sound Department
Michael Boyle	....	sound recordist
Bill Cavanaugh	....	sound mixer
Charles Eyres	....	sound recordist
Lisa Gage	....	sound recordist
Tim Korn	....	sound recordist
Janice Mahan	....	sound recordist
Mike Nowak	....	sound recordist
Keith Rodgerson	....	sound recordist
Merce Williams	....	sound recordist

Camera and Electrical Department
Petr Cikhart	....	camera operator
Mike Coles	....	camera operator
Austin De Besche	....	camera operator
Bob Eyres	....	camera operator
Mark Gunning	....	camera operator
Chapin Hall	....	camera operator
Anthony S. Lenzo	....	camera operator
Gareth Manwaring	....	assistant camera

Animation Department
Steve Benjamin	....	animator
Rob Chapman	....	animator
Brian Edgerton	....	animator
Ed Grant	....	animator
Anthony Kraus	....	animator
Yunsik Noh	....	animator

Editorial Department
Michael H. Amundson	....	post-production on-line editor
Patrick Carey	....	post-production assistant
David Chmura	....	colorist
David Chmura	....	senior editor
Julia Cort	....	edit producer
Darcy Forlenza	....	editorial assistant
Darcy Forlenza	....	post-production assistant
Spencer Gentry	....	post-production on-line editor
Alex Kreuter	....	post-production editor
David Levin	....	assistant editor
Susan K. Lewis	....	senior editor
Rebecca Nieto	....	post-production editor
Laura Raimondo	....	colorist
Melissa Salpietra	....	assistant editor
Neil deGrasse Tyson	....	executive editor
Peter Tyson	....	editor in chief
Rachel VanCott	....	editorial assistant

Music Department
Ray Loring	....	music theme
John Luker	....	music theme
Rob Morsberger	....	music theme
Walter Werzowa	....	music theme

Other crew
Lauren Aguirre	....	media director
Kristine Allington	....	project coordinator
Kate Becker	....	researcher
Mark Bradley	....	production assistant
Linda Callahan	....	production coordinator
Eileen Campion	....	publicist
Candace Dunlap	....	consultant
Linzy Emery	....	compliance manager
Sarah Erlandson	....	paralegal
Davide Fabbian	....	production assistant
Kristen Ficara	....	researcher
Janice Flood	....	talent relations
Reen Gibb	....	curriculum director
Ivan Hadingham	....	senior science editor
Scott Kardel	....	talent relations
Sharon Kay	....	senior researcher
Alan Kwan	....	developer
Karen Laverty	....	publicist
Hollington Lee	....	consultant
Ben Livermore	....	developer
Amy Lockhardt	....	production assistant
Jonathan Loewald	....	business manager
Victoria Louie	....	publicist
Lisa Mirowitz	....	project director
Alan Ritsko	....	managing director
Susan Rosen	....	legal counsel
Maxine Rosenberg	....	consultant
Steve Sears	....	marketing
Karinna Sjo-Gaber	....	publicist
Kristen Sommerhalter	....	administrator
Elizabeth Stachow	....	personal assistant
Joseph P. Tracy	....	business manager
Amy Lockhardt Joe Wong	....	production assistant

Produced by
Mary Robertson	....	producer (episode # 5)

Cinematography by
Robert Hanna

Film Editing by
Mike Sheehan

Distributors

• NHK (2012) (Japan) (TV)
• PBS International (2010) (Non-USA) (all media)

Movie Connections:

Features Altered States (1980)